neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring

Etymology
The three foods are metonyms for those things suitable to each of medieval society’s classes of people; represents the clergy,  represents commoners, whilst  represents paupers; the three classes are simplistically regarded as exhaustive.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin: 男不男女不女
 * Finnish: ei lintu eikä kala
 * French:
 * German: weder Fisch noch Fleisch
 * Italian: né carne né pesce
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian:, ни то́ ни сё, ,
 * Spanish: ni carne ni pescado, ni chicha ni limonada, sin pies ni cabeza
 * Ukrainian: ні ри́ба ні м'я́со, ні се ні те, ні те ні се